Post by petch on Jul 24, 2021 16:03:03 GMT
Here's an idea for a new game: the forum has had a few votes in the past to determine the greatest FF book, so how about a little competition to determine the best FF character?
Here's how it will work - I've entered 64 characters from across the FF gamebooks. By and large they are the primary antagonists of each book, but I have included a handful of recurring characters who play key roles in several books (Yaztromo, Lord Azzur, the Riddling Reaver), and a few books which didn't really have a natural 'big bad' to enter in the running have been excluded (so apologies to fans of Starship Traveler, Rebel Planet, Freeway Fighter and a few others).
The characters will be paired off in a series of one on one skirmishes in which your votes determine the winner. After I have posted each battle you just need to make a post to vote for who you want to win. Base your vote in whatever way you like: who you think would actually win if the two had a fight, the best written character in your view, or just simply which of the two is your favourite for whatever reason. Some comments on why you have voted for that particular character though would help to enliven this whole thing!
The winners of each of the first round of skirmishes will go on to pair up to face each other again in a second round, knockout style, and so on until the ultimate victor remains. It's the FA Cup but with a load of wizards and goblings and skellingtons, basically.
I have used the mighty Wand of Randoss to pair off the competitors for Round 1, which has generated the battles as follows:
Round 1
Zagor (multiple) vs Ishtra (Phantoms of Fear)
Laskar (Battleblade Warrior) vs Jaxartes (Fangs of Fury)
Blaster Babbet (The Rings of Kether) vs Voivod (Legend of the Shadow Warriors)
The Titanium Cyborg (Appointment with FEAR) vs Shanzikuul (Master of Chaos)
Lord Mortis (The Keep of the Lich Lord) vs Agglax (Armies of Death)
Morgana (Masks of Mayhem) vs Belgaroth (Knights of Doom)
Razaak (Crypt of the Sorceror) vs The Archmage (Sorcery!)
The Ancient (Night Dragon) vs Nazek (Spellbreaker)
Orghuz (Chasms of Malice) vs Sharcle (Eye of the Dragon)
Ulrakaah (The Gates of Death) vs Shareella (Caverns of the Snow Witch)
Jann the Minimite (Sorcery!) vs Dark Elf Sorceror (Siege of Sardath)
Abdul the Butcher (Seas of Blood) vs Mordraneth (Stealer of Souls)
Gingrich Yurr (Blood of the Zombies) vs Mencius (Magehunter)
Captain Bloodaxe (Demons of the Deep) vs Unthank (Night of the Necromancer)
Reiner Heydrich (Vault of the Vampire / Revenge of the Vampire) vs Globus (Spectral Stalkers)
Balthus Dire (The Citadel of Chaos) vs Zanbar Bone (City of Thieves / The Port of Peril)
L'Bastin (Sky Lord) vs Relem (Tower of Destruction)
Bythos (Slaves of the Abyss) vs Ikiru (Sword of the Samurai)
Cyrus (Space Assassin) vs Rannik (Midnight Rogue)
Krazic (Crystal of Storms) vs Horfak (Portal of Evil)
Count Varcolac (Howl of the Werewolf) vs Zharradan Marr (Creature of Havoc)
Myurr (Dead of Night) vs Minos (Robot Commando)
Malbordus (Temple of Terror) vs Lord Carnuss (Trial of Champions)
Chingiz (Daggers of Darkness) vs Akharis (Curse of the Mummy)
Lord Azzur (multiple) vs Feior (Black Vein Prophecy)
Karam Gruul (Moonrunner) vs Manvers / The Hell Demon (House of Hell)
Yaztromo (multiple) vs Bandit Leader (The Crimson Tide)
Xakhaz (Beneath Nightmare Castle) vs The Lizard King (Island of the Lizard King)
Captain Cinnabar (Bloodbones) vs Balthazar Sturm (Stormslayer)
The Riddling Reaver (multiple) vs Astragal (multiple)
Grimslade (Scorpion Swamp) vs Dire Spectre (Island of the Undead)
Baron Sukumvit (multiple) vs Arachnos (Deathmoor)
This is going to be a lot of battles to get through, so I'm going to go for quite tight 2 day timescales for each, so get your votes in quick! Also to prevent draws, I'll withhold my own votes unless the competitors are tied by the deadline, in which case I'll enter a casting vote for my own favourite.
So here we go with the first Round 1 battle then!
Zagor
vs
Ishtra
Post who you would like to win & why by 4pm Mon 26th.
Here's how it will work - I've entered 64 characters from across the FF gamebooks. By and large they are the primary antagonists of each book, but I have included a handful of recurring characters who play key roles in several books (Yaztromo, Lord Azzur, the Riddling Reaver), and a few books which didn't really have a natural 'big bad' to enter in the running have been excluded (so apologies to fans of Starship Traveler, Rebel Planet, Freeway Fighter and a few others).
The characters will be paired off in a series of one on one skirmishes in which your votes determine the winner. After I have posted each battle you just need to make a post to vote for who you want to win. Base your vote in whatever way you like: who you think would actually win if the two had a fight, the best written character in your view, or just simply which of the two is your favourite for whatever reason. Some comments on why you have voted for that particular character though would help to enliven this whole thing!
The winners of each of the first round of skirmishes will go on to pair up to face each other again in a second round, knockout style, and so on until the ultimate victor remains. It's the FA Cup but with a load of wizards and goblings and skellingtons, basically.
I have used the mighty Wand of Randoss to pair off the competitors for Round 1, which has generated the battles as follows:
Round 1
Zagor (multiple) vs Ishtra (Phantoms of Fear)
Laskar (Battleblade Warrior) vs Jaxartes (Fangs of Fury)
Blaster Babbet (The Rings of Kether) vs Voivod (Legend of the Shadow Warriors)
The Titanium Cyborg (Appointment with FEAR) vs Shanzikuul (Master of Chaos)
Lord Mortis (The Keep of the Lich Lord) vs Agglax (Armies of Death)
Morgana (Masks of Mayhem) vs Belgaroth (Knights of Doom)
Razaak (Crypt of the Sorceror) vs The Archmage (Sorcery!)
The Ancient (Night Dragon) vs Nazek (Spellbreaker)
Orghuz (Chasms of Malice) vs Sharcle (Eye of the Dragon)
Ulrakaah (The Gates of Death) vs Shareella (Caverns of the Snow Witch)
Jann the Minimite (Sorcery!) vs Dark Elf Sorceror (Siege of Sardath)
Abdul the Butcher (Seas of Blood) vs Mordraneth (Stealer of Souls)
Gingrich Yurr (Blood of the Zombies) vs Mencius (Magehunter)
Captain Bloodaxe (Demons of the Deep) vs Unthank (Night of the Necromancer)
Reiner Heydrich (Vault of the Vampire / Revenge of the Vampire) vs Globus (Spectral Stalkers)
Balthus Dire (The Citadel of Chaos) vs Zanbar Bone (City of Thieves / The Port of Peril)
L'Bastin (Sky Lord) vs Relem (Tower of Destruction)
Bythos (Slaves of the Abyss) vs Ikiru (Sword of the Samurai)
Cyrus (Space Assassin) vs Rannik (Midnight Rogue)
Krazic (Crystal of Storms) vs Horfak (Portal of Evil)
Count Varcolac (Howl of the Werewolf) vs Zharradan Marr (Creature of Havoc)
Myurr (Dead of Night) vs Minos (Robot Commando)
Malbordus (Temple of Terror) vs Lord Carnuss (Trial of Champions)
Chingiz (Daggers of Darkness) vs Akharis (Curse of the Mummy)
Lord Azzur (multiple) vs Feior (Black Vein Prophecy)
Karam Gruul (Moonrunner) vs Manvers / The Hell Demon (House of Hell)
Yaztromo (multiple) vs Bandit Leader (The Crimson Tide)
Xakhaz (Beneath Nightmare Castle) vs The Lizard King (Island of the Lizard King)
Captain Cinnabar (Bloodbones) vs Balthazar Sturm (Stormslayer)
The Riddling Reaver (multiple) vs Astragal (multiple)
Grimslade (Scorpion Swamp) vs Dire Spectre (Island of the Undead)
Baron Sukumvit (multiple) vs Arachnos (Deathmoor)
This is going to be a lot of battles to get through, so I'm going to go for quite tight 2 day timescales for each, so get your votes in quick! Also to prevent draws, I'll withhold my own votes unless the competitors are tied by the deadline, in which case I'll enter a casting vote for my own favourite.
So here we go with the first Round 1 battle then!
Zagor
vs
Ishtra
Post who you would like to win & why by 4pm Mon 26th.